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Gold-fields were difficult to find in Vic. Then if people had arrived earlier and mined in one area, they could have decided there was no more to be found. 'Fighting craft' boats are painted in north Australia and were partly copied in 'Queensland'. 'Similar “canoes” are represented in rock art...

Right, so a 'mythical image' is continued on the wiki page and folk memory in the song. It's credible that in places, shallow gold would be on the surface. An old fallen tree could lift a piece by its upturned roots. The first nugget at Bendigo was visible in the creek. These seem to confirm...

'It is reported that in 1851, when the first miners arrived on the Mount Alexander goldfield, near Castlemaine, nuggets could be picked up without digging'. wikipedia Victorian gold rush. With my swag all on my shoulder. 'When first I left Old England’s shore, Such yarns as we were told, As...

Hi, Maybe there are enthusiasts of history. I'm checking on how the original gold-fields appeared in 1851. There's a mythical image of nuggets scattered over the bushland and being scooped up. However, people had walked over Ballarat and Bendigo regions for 14 years and at Buninyong village the...

'The section from Lake Eppalock down to Campaspe Weir at Elmore has good pool/riffle definition with some areas of deep water and predominantly rubble and gravel substrate. The lowest section from Campaspe Weir down to the Murray River has a uniform channel shape, sand substrate, abundant snags...

Campaspe River Tributary of River Murray exempt arrrgghh !

I'm enquiring about early experiences with alluvial prospecting. I'm not in Vic but Google maps shows the steep banks of the Campaspe as described by the first explorers. So it looks unsuitable for panning. But was it possible to detect gold colours along the river? The miners came north from...